VIDEO: BJORK – ‘DECLARE INDEPENDENCE’ DEDICATED TO PUSSY RIOT
Bjork statement: ‘dear folks here comes a statement in defense of pussy riot : as a musician and a mother i would like to express i fiercely dont agree with them being put to jail because of their peaceful protest performance . they are currently standing trial and facing seven years in prison for this . in my opinion the russian authorities should let them go home to their families and children i would like to invite pussy riot to join me in a... Read More
REVIEW OF LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND (22/11/2011)
I’m watching Jools Holland, and goodness me, it really will be a blast from the past, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Noel Gallagher and Bjork all appearing. So what’s in store? Perhaps an lot of pallid playing from past-it performers – or perhaps some real quality from the old pros. So how does it go? Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie This song truly is so darn banal, limp and lifeless that it would be... Read More
NEWS: BJORK ‘CRYSTALINE’ VIDEO
The video for the lead single from her forthcoming album ‘Biophilia’ has been directed by movie maker Michel Gondry (External Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep). This is their eighth collaboration, firstly in 1993 with ‘Human Behaviour’ and most recently ‘Declare Independence’ in 2007. Gondry provides another trademark inventive storyboard, blending various animation techniques with live action... Read More
SINGLE: Björk – Comet Song
Eccentric Icelandic songstress Björk has recorded a song for the upcoming Moomins film. Though The Moomins is a distinctly Scandinavian film, with the scattered percussion and flickering panpipes, ‘Comet Song’ sounds like it would go better with a Studio Ghibli animated, native South American scene set in dense rainforest as opposed to the barren wastelands of the sub-Arctic. But what a perfect little song to accompany the efforts of those Moomins... Read More
